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epocrates Launches Bugs + Drugs Tool to Promote Optimal Antibiotic Prescribing

by Syed Hamza Sohail 09/08/2022 Leave a Comment

epocrates Launches Bugs + Drugs Tool to Promote Optimal Antibiotic Prescribing

What You Should Know: - epocrates, an athenahealth, Inc. company that delivers digital clinical decision support to healthcare professionals, today announced the release of Bugs + Drugs, a mobile tool that offers clinicians information about bacteria types and antibacterial susceptibility patterns by ZIP code. - A free feature in the epocrates mobile app, the tool supports clinicians in choosing appropriate empiric antibiotics for each patient at the point of
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Get Well’s Remote Monitoring Program Improved COVID-19 Outcomes

by Syed Hamza Sohail 08/10/2022 Leave a Comment

Get Well Launches Monkeypox Digital Care Management Plan

What You Should Know: - Get Well, a global digital health company, released a new study that found patients who used its digital care management solution for COVID-19 had a 32% lower rate of being hospitalized. - The study published in the Journal of the American Medical Associate Network Open also found that patients who were hospitalized had stays that were on average 2.7 days shorter and spent fewer days in intensive care. Digital Solutions for COVID-19 Patients using a remote
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Stanford Medicine Taps Komodo Health Platform to Study COVID-19 Ripple Effects

by Fred Pennic 08/04/2022 Leave a Comment

Stanford Medicine Taps Komodo Health Platform to Study COVID-19 Ripple Effects

What You Should Know: - Today, Komodo Health announced that its platform will be used in studies led by Stanford Medicine focused on the short- and long-term health impacts of COVID-19.  - Stanford’s Center for Population Health Sciences will use Komodo Health’s platform, AI analytics tools, and de-identified patient data to study the real-world effects of the pandemic on health outcomes among different patient populations. Initial research will include analyses of disparities in
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New COVID-19 Analytics Dashboards Tracks Levels of Protection Against the Virus at the County Level

by Jasmine Pennic 08/03/2022 Leave a Comment

PCCI Launches National COVID-19 Analytics Community Protection Dashboard

What You Should Know: - Data on COVID-19’s ever-changing behavior and its potential impact at the county level is now available with the release of the national Covid-19 Community Protection Dashboard.  - The dashboard, available at: https://www.civitasforhealth.org/community-protection-dashboard/; offers an aggregate Community Protection Index (CPI) for nearly all of the counties in the U.S. in the form of a score that combines multiple factors. These factors include the percent of the
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Analysis: 2022 Semi-Annual Health IT Market Review

by Healthcare Growth Partners 07/29/2022 Leave a Comment

HGP Releases its July 2022 Semi-Annual Health IT Market Review

Executive Summary Act III of COVID: Navigating the Crosscurrents of Post-Inflation 2022 ushered in Act III of the market’s latest transitionary period: The Post-Inflation Era. Since 2008, the US economy functioned with remarkably low inflation and interest rates. As the cost of capital went lower and lower during the decade, valuations steadily rose. Between 2010 and 2020, the NASDAQ experienced a 17.1% annual growth rate, with no small share of the growth a result of expanding valuation
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Covid Clinic Expands Its Services to Offer Treatment Options, Telemedicine Consultations & Prescription Access

by Jasmine Pennic 07/22/2022 Leave a Comment

Covid Clinic Expands Its Services to Offer Treatment Options, Telemedicine Consultations & Prescription Access

What You Should Know: - Covid Clinic, a nationwide network of COVID-19 testing sites is expanding its core service offerings across the United States. - In partnership with Driven Care, patients will now be able to easily access treatment options, including antiviral prescription services and consultations, through its newly launched telemedicine services.Why It Matters According to the CDC’s most recent data release, COVID-19 cases are exponentially rising across the country, due
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COVID-19: Addressing the Urgent Mental Health Needs of Frontline Workers

by Jorge E. Palacios, MD, PhD - Senior Digital Health Scientist at SilverCloud Health 07/14/2022 Leave a Comment

COVID-19: Addressing the Urgent Mental Health Needs of Frontline Workers

It is no secret that one by-product of the ongoing pandemic is an exacerbation of the country’s mental health crisis. According to research from Johns Hopkins, one in four Americans experience a mental health disorder in a typical year. Yet among adults in the U.S. rates of depression have steadily climbed from 8.5% before the pandemic to an alarming 32.8% in October of 2021, according to research published in The Lancet Regional Health—Americas.   While it is vital that health systems rush
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What to Know About Gene Therapy

by Fred Pennic 07/12/2022 Leave a Comment

What to Know About Gene Therapy

Gene therapy is making a world where cancer and AIDS can be cured, and a person can alter their genetic makeup, changing the direction of their own and their offspring's evolution in the process. However, the effects of gene therapy are long-lasting, and may impact both your and the health of your future children.  What Is Gene Therapy? Utilizing a gene or genes to treat or cure a disease or medical condition is known as gene therapy. Gene therapy frequently involves replacing a
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5 Public Health Challenges to Watch in the Post-Pandemic Era

by Syed Hamza Sohail 07/11/2022 Leave a Comment

COVID-19 Vaccine Cyber Attacks

What You Should Know: - Public health agencies across the US are at a crossroads, finds the Reimagining Public Health Survey produced by Ernst & Young LLP (EY US). - This survey of 301 public health officials found that while slightly more than one in two (52%) are optimistic about what data can achieve for their communities, the rate of digital transformation remains uneven, and organizations face significant barriers to change. Key Public Health Obstacles Post Covid-19 Public
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Quality Improvement: Eliminating the Silo Effect in Healthcare Organizations

by Vikram Savkar, Senior Vice President & General Manager, Medicine Segment of the Health Learning, Research & Practice business at Wolters Kluwer 07/05/2022 Leave a Comment

Quality Improvement: Eliminating the Silo Effect in Healthcare Organizations

The healthcare industry has always been under pressure to find ways to provide consistently improving patient satisfaction and outcomes in the face of a rapidly changing medical and regulatory environment. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the pressure has only accelerated; improvement in patient outcomes now can mean the difference between viability and non-viability for a hospital system.  Collaboration is key to the ability to improve patient outcomes. Without all of the teams
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